These lessons cover the complete ORTON chart of vowel sounds
Sort 1: CVC/CVC-e Vowel Sounds
Rule: When a 1 syllable word ends in CVC, it is a short syllable (closed syllable) When a 1 syllable word ends in CVC-e (silent e-) remember that the silent e makes the vowel long. CVC short: drop, drip crab, skin, wax CVC-e long: note, mule, wife,vote, race, wipe
oddball: done, have
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Sort /Week 2: Long A sounds
RULE: In a single syllable words, the LONG A sound can be made with several letter patterns: CVV-ai, CVV-ay (vowel teams) CVC-e The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel it is called an OPEN syllable.
RULE: In a single syllable words, the LONG O sound can be made with several letter patterns: CVV-oa CVV-ow (vowel teams) CVC-e The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel it is called an OPEN syllable.
CVV-oa: coal coach roast oat loaf roam CVV-ow: know show blow grow flow throw CVC: stock blond stomp CVC-e: froze globe close wrote
Rule: In single syllable words, the long u sound can be made with several letter patterns: CVV-oo, CVV-ui, CVC-e. The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel sound, it is called an OPEN syllable.
Rule: In single syllable words, the long u sound can be made with several letter patterns: CVV-ew, CVV-ue, CVC-e. The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel sound, it is called an OPEN syllable. Pay attention to the asterisked words as they are homophones. These words sound the same but have different meaning.
Rule: In single syllable words, the long i sound can be made with several letter patterns: VCC-igh, CV-y, and CVC-e. The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel sound, it is called an OPEN syllable. Pay attention to the asterisked words as they are homophones. These words sound the same but have different meaning. CVC: quick quit swift CVC-e: write twice quire spice rise crime VCC-igh: might high night bright fright flight sight sigh right* CV-y: why sly
Rule when a noun ends in "f" or "fe," change the "f" to "v" and add "es"
fe to ves: wife/wives, life/lives, knife/knives f to ves: leaf/leaves scarf/scarves, wolf/wolves, half/halves, loaf/loaves, self/selves, shelf/shelves
thief/thieves
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Sort/week 11: Plural nouns that end in "y"
Rule: When a word ends in Consonant+ "y," change the "y" to "i" and add "es." When a word ends in vowel + "y," just add "es."
Week 13: Review of all irregular plural nouns and their rules
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SORTS 14-18 ADDING SUFFIXES
Sort/Week 14: Adding verb suffixes
Rule: When adding a VOWEL SUFFIX to the base word (verb) 1-1-1: double the last consonant and add the suffix VCe: drop the silent e and add the suffix VVC: just add the suffix VCC: just add the suffix
VC or 1-1-1 words: hopped. planned grabbed nodded stepped dropped stirred slammed bragged VCe or silent e words: hoped saved scored tamed VVCor vowel teams: chewed shouted scooped joined VCC: climbed blended oddball: mixed
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Sort/Week 15: Adding verb suffixes"-ed" with VC-e words and words ending in Y
Rule: When adding a VOWEL SUFFIX "ed" to the base word (verb): C+Y: Change the y to i and add "ed" V+Y: just add "ed" VCe: drop the silent e and add "ed"
Rule Adding the VOWEL suffix "ing" to the base word (verb): 1-1-1: when a 1 syllable base word has 1 short vowel and ends in 1 consonant, double the last consonant and add the suffix VCe: drop the silent e and add the suffix
*It is helpful to underline or write the basewords underneath the spelling word. At this point students should begin to independently recognize whether or not the base word is an "e-drop" or "y change." Sort accordingly.
*It is helpful to underline or write the base words underneath the spelling word. At this point students should begin to independently recognize whether or not the base word is an "e-drop" or "y change." Sort accordingly.
*It is helpful to underline or write the base words underneath the spelling word. Note should be made that these are CONSONANT suffixes, so the "e-drop" rule does not apply to words ending in silent e. For words ending in "consonant + y", the y still changes to i before the suffix is added.
Compound words are made up of 2 words put together. They are always written together, with NO space between them!
Words with head: headache, headphones, headfirst, headstrong
words with book: bookcase, bookmark, cookbook, scrapbook
words with snow: snowman, snowflake, snowstorm, snowplow
words with light: lighthouse, daylight, flashlight, *headlight, lightweight
words with down: downhill, downstairs, downpour, countdown
THIRD GRADE SPELLING
SORTS 1-7 VOWEL SOUNDS
These lessons cover the complete ORTON chart of vowel sounds
Sort 1: CVC/CVC-e Vowel Sounds
Rule: When a 1 syllable word ends in CVC, it is a short syllable (closed syllable)When a 1 syllable word ends in CVC-e (silent e-) remember that the silent e makes the vowel long.
CVC short: drop, drip crab, skin, wax
CVC-e long: note, mule, wife,vote, race, wipe
oddball: done, have
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Sort /Week 2: Long A sounds
RULE: In a single syllable words, the LONG A sound can be made with several letter patterns:CVV-ai, CVV-ay (vowel teams)
CVC-e
The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel.
When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel it is called an OPEN syllable.
CVV-ai: stain, grain, praise*, nail, gain, raise*
CVV-ay: stay, tray, stray, gray, pray, sway
CVC-e: taste, brave, slave, shape, trade, raise*, praise*
CVC: grand, stand, glass
Spelling City Sort 2 Cloze Activity
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Sort/Week 3: Long O sounds
RULE: In a single syllable words, the LONG O sound can be made with several letter patterns:CVV-oa CVV-ow (vowel teams)
CVC-e
The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel.
When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel it is called an OPEN syllable.
CVV-oa: coal coach roast oat loaf roam
CVV-ow: know show blow grow flow throw
CVC: stock blond stomp
CVC-e: froze globe close wrote
OTHER since, science
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Sort/Week 4: Long U sounds
Rule: In single syllable words, the long u sound can be made with several letter patterns: CVV-oo, CVV-ui, CVC-e. The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel sound, it is called an OPEN syllable.CVV-oo: scoop bloom smooth broom mood moon spoon tooth
CVC: crust bump skunk trust
CVC-e: cube mute prune
CVVC-ui: fruit suit juice
oddball build build
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Sort/Week 5 More long u sounds
Rule: In single syllable words, the long u sound can be made with several letter patterns: CVV-ew, CVV-ue, CVC-e. The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel sound, it is called an OPEN syllable. Pay attention to the asterisked words as they are homophones. These words sound the same but have different meaning.CVV-ew chew dew* flew* knew*screw blew* shrewd strewn
CVC - thumb, plump, brush, stuck, crumb, tusk
CVV-ue due* flue* hue clue
other/oddball- cruel fuel sew
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Sort/week 6 Long short I
Rule: In single syllable words, the long i sound can be made with several letter patterns: VCC-igh, CV-y, and CVC-e. The CVC pattern continues to be a short vowel. When a syllable or word ends with a long vowel sound, it is called an OPEN syllable. Pay attention to the asterisked words as they are homophones. These words sound the same but have different meaning.CVC: quick quit swift
CVC-e: write twice quire spice rise crime
VCC-igh: might high night bright fright flight sight sigh right*
CV-y: why sly
Spelling City Sort 6
Week 7 Review of sorts 1-6
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SORTS 8-13: REVIEW OF PLURAL NOUN RULES
Sort /Week 8 Plural nouns Lesson 1
Rule: When a noun ends in "ch," "sh,", "s," "x," or "z," add "es" to make the plural noun.-ch: benches speeches watches scratches cjurches peaches sketches ditches branches
-sh: brushes splashes crashes eyelashes leashes ashes
Spelling City Sort Plural Nouns
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Sort 9 More plural nouns Lesson 2
Rule: When a noun ends in "ch," "sh,", "s," "x," or "z," add "es" to make the plural noun. (Otherwise, add "s")-ch: lunches inches
-sh: bushes flashes wishes rashes dishes swishes brushes
-x: taxes boxes fixes
-s: classes dresses passes
add s: sticks masks
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Sort/week 10: More plural nouns
Rule when a noun ends in "f" or "fe," change the "f" to "v" and add "es"fe to ves: wife/wives, life/lives, knife/knives
f to ves: leaf/leaves scarf/scarves, wolf/wolves, half/halves, loaf/loaves, self/selves, shelf/shelves
thief/thieves
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Sort/week 11: Plural nouns that end in "y"
Rule: When a word ends in Consonant+ "y," change the "y" to "i" and add "es."When a word ends in vowel + "y," just add "es."
Consonant + "y:" family/families, berry/berries, army/armies, duty/duties, candy/candies, firefly/fireflies, lady/ladies, party/parties, story/stories, pony/ponies, baby/babies, city/cities, country/countries, pharmacy/pharmacies, reply/replies
Vowel+ "y:" journey/journeys, donkey/donkeys, valley/valleys,alley/alleys, monkey/monkeys
play/plays
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Sort/week 12: Irregular plural nouns
Rule: These plurals are formed by creating new words. There are some patterns as below;complete word change: child/children, mouse/mice, person/people
vowel change: woman/women, tooth/teeth goose/geese
o add "es:" hero/heroes, potato/potatoes, tomato/tomatoes, echo/echoes
o add "s:" radio/radios
no change: sheep, deer
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Week 13: Review of all irregular plural nouns and their rules
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SORTS 14-18 ADDING SUFFIXES
Sort/Week 14: Adding verb suffixes
Rule: When adding a VOWEL SUFFIX to the base word (verb)1-1-1: double the last consonant and add the suffix
VCe: drop the silent e and add the suffix
VVC: just add the suffix
VCC: just add the suffix
VC or 1-1-1 words: hopped. planned grabbed nodded stepped dropped stirred slammed bragged
VCe or silent e words: hoped saved scored tamed
VVCor vowel teams: chewed shouted scooped joined
VCC: climbed blended
oddball: mixed
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Sort/Week 15: Adding verb suffixes "-ed" with VC-e words and words ending in Y
Rule: When adding a VOWEL SUFFIX "ed" to the base word (verb):C+Y: Change the y to i and add "ed"
V+Y: just add "ed"
VCe: drop the silent e and add "ed"
C+Y: cry/cried, copy/copied, carry/carried, study/studied, reply/replied, hurry/hurried, multiply/multiplied, marry/married
V+Y: spray/sprayed, stay/stayed, delay/delayed, sway/swayed, obey/obeyed, delay/delayed
VC-e: quote/quoted, skate/skated, hike/hiked, trade/traded
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Sort/Week 16 : Irregular Past Tense Verbs
Present/Pastsleep/slept
throw/threw
slide/slid
drive/drove
shine/shone
freeze/froze
sweep/swept
keep/kept
bleed/bled
draw/drew
know/knew
say/said
Spelling City Irregular Past Tense Verbs
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Sort/Week 17: Adding More Verb Suffixes- "-ing"
Rule Adding the VOWEL suffix "ing" to the base word (verb):1-1-1: when a 1 syllable base word has 1 short vowel and ends in 1 consonant, double the last consonant and add the suffix
VCe: drop the silent e and add the suffix
1-1-1: set/setting, cut/cutting, stop/stopping, beg/begging, grin/grinning, jog/jogging, hum/humming
silent e: hike/hiking, move/moving, live/living, come/coming, have/having
Spelling City: Adding the suffix "-ING"
Sort 18: Create adjectives and adverbs by adding the suffixes "y" and "ly"
Rule: Add "y" to a noun & it turns into an adjective. Adding "ly" to an adjective turns it to an adverb!Add "ly:" slowly, happily, quickly, clearly, easily, dimly, quietly, loudly, angrily, noisily, roughly, lazily, smoothly
Add "y" sunny, rainy, snowy, foggy, misty, stormy, daily, chilly, cloudy, windy, breezy,
*It is helpful to underline or write the basewords underneath the spelling word. At this point students should begin to independently recognize whether or not the base word is an "e-drop" or "y change." Sort accordingly.
Spelling City: adding " y" and "ly" to make adverbs and adjectives
Sort 19: Comparative Adjectives
Rule: "-ER" is added to an adjective comparing 2 things, "-EST" is added when comparing 3+ things.
few/fewer/fewest, calm/calmer/calmest, cool/cooler/coolest, close/closer/closest, brave/braver/bravest, pretty/prettier/prettiest, happy/happier/happiest, dirty/dirtier/dirtiest
*It is helpful to underline or write the base words underneath the spelling word. At this point students should begin to independently recognize whether or not the base word is an "e-drop" or "y change." Sort accordingly.
Spelling City: Comparative adjectives
Sort 20: Adding the suffixes "-less," "-ful," "-ness"
-less: worthless, hopeless, harmless, homeless, penniless, restless
-ful: dreadful, colorful, plentiful, painful, grateful, fearful, faithful, thoughtful
-ness: darkness, weakness, goodness, kindness, happiness, illness
combined suffixes: carelessness, thankfulness, peacefulness, helplessness
*It is helpful to underline or write the base words underneath the spelling word. Note should be made that these are CONSONANT suffixes, so the "e-drop" rule does not apply to words ending in silent e. For words ending in "consonant + y", the y still changes to i before the suffix is added.
Spelling City: adding the suffixes -less/ful/ness
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Sort 21: Gentle Cindy: Hard/soft "C" words
Rule: When the letter c precedes an a-o-u, the c makes a hard/"k" sound, when it precedes an a/i/y, the c makes an "s" soundsoft C: cement, circle, cent, cereal, century, cyclist, cylinder, cyclone, cider,
hard C: correct, common, cuff, contest, compass, collect, cancel, custom, color, cube, curve, colony
*Another fun way to sort these words is to separate them into parts of speech
Spelling CIty: Gentle Cindy C words
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Sort 22: Gentle Cindy: Hard/soft "G" words
Rule: When the letter g precedes an a-o-u, the g makes a hard/"guh" sound, when it precedes an a/i/y, the g makes an "j" soundsoft g: gentle, giraffe, genius, general, ginger, gym, giant, germ, Georgia
hard g: gather, gossip, gutter, golden, garage, gape, gallon, guard, guest,garden, get, goalie
Spelling City: Gentle Cindy G words
Sort 23: Contractions
+ not: isn't, aren't, didn't, don't, wasn't, weren't, can't, doesn't, couldn't+ have: I've, you've
+ is: that's, who's, it's
+ are: you're, we're, they're
+ will: he'll, I'll
oddball: won't
The added lesson to these words is the correct usage of there/their/ they're and it's/its
Spelling City: Contractions
Sort 24: Possessive Nouns
Rule: Add apostrophe + s to make a singular noun show possession. If a noun is plural, add an apostrophe.Singular Posessive/Plural Possessive
lady's/ladies'
cousin's/cousins'
student's/students'
nurse's/nurses'
teacher's/teacher's
friend's/friends'
*child's/children's
*woman's/women's
*hero's/heroes'
Chris's
*these words follow special/irregular "singular to plural" rules
Spelling City: Possessives
Sort 25: Prefixes: mis-/pre-/re-
Rule: Prefixes are added to base words or word roots.Pre = before, mis = not, and re = again
pre: preheat, *prefix, *precede, prepay, pretest, preview, *predict
mis: misbehave, misprint, misplace, miscount, mislead, mistreat, mistrust
re: recall, recycle, refresh, remind, remodel, review, reorder
*These are words made of prefix + a word root not a base word.
Spelling City: Prefixes mis/pre/re
Sort 26: Prefixes: ex-/non-/in-/fore-
Rule: Prefixes are added to base words or word roots.Ex-= out, Non-=not, in-= In or not, Fore-= in front of or before
ex-: *extra, *extend, *express, *exit, *expand, *exclude, exclaim
non-: nonsense, nonfiction, nonstop, nonfat
in-: incomplete, incorrect, indecent, *income, indoor, *indent, insight
fore: forecast, forearm, forehead, foremost, foresee, foreshadow
*These are words made of prefix + a word root not a base word.
Spelling City: Prefixes ex/non/in/fore:
Sort 27: Homophones
Rule: Homophones = Homo (1) + Sound; homophones are words spelled differently (and different meanings) but pronounced the same.their/there/they're
bury/berry
cellar/seller
very/vary
hire/higher
whether/weather
desert/dessert
aloud/allowed
principle/principal
flower/flower
choose/chews
bored/board
merry/marry
Spelling City: Homophones
Sort 28: Compound Words
Compound words are made up of 2 words put together. They are always written together, with NO space between them!Words with head: headache, headphones, headfirst, headstrong
words with book: bookcase, bookmark, cookbook, scrapbook
words with snow: snowman, snowflake, snowstorm, snowplow
words with light: lighthouse, daylight, flashlight, *headlight, lightweight
words with down: downhill, downstairs, downpour, countdown
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Sort 29: "IE-EI Words"
When making the long e sound, remember," I before e except
ie=long e: thief, niece, priest, grief, shield, relieve, yield..
EXCEPTIONS:
cei= long e: receive, ceiling, deceive, conceit, receipt
ei=long e: neither, either, weird, seize (NEWS)
ei= long a: neighbor, eighteen, weigh, sleigh, freight, reign
oddball: mischief
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